Yeah, Shute wasn't a big guy. But when I was 14 and watched that movie I thought he was huge! It's all about camera angles.
But give Shute props ... he was in a big hit movie alongside Linda Florentino and Matthew Modine ... both who went on to be Hollywood stars. Plus Madonna was starting out in that movie .... today she is worth $950 million.
PS -- the movie was titled "Vision Quest" here ... but titled "Crazy for You" in my country/Europe.